Here's everything we know about the bus-sized asteroid that just flew past the Earth, coming within 75,000 miles of our planet.
A bus-sized asteroid passed within just 56,000 miles of the Earth on Thursday. Astronomers had never seen the asteroid, now known as 2022 NF, before. When it passed by the Earth, it was roughly 23 percent of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
While it passed closer to the Earth than most other NEOs we’ve seen as of late, asteroid NF 2022 isn’t considered a. That’s because this asteroid is only between 18 and 41 feet wide at its longest points.
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